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dingen

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪŋə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: din‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch dingen (to convene, to plead), from Old Dutch *thingon, from Proto-West Germanic *þingōn, from Proto-Germanic *þingōną. The verb was originally weak, but became strong by analogy with other verbs.

Verb

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dingen

  1. (transitive) to solicit
Conjugation
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Conjugation of dingen (strong class 3a)
infinitive dingen
past singular dong
past participle gedongen
infinitive dingen
gerund dingen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular ding dong
2nd person sing. (jij) dingt, ding2 dong
2nd person sing. (u) dingt dong
2nd person sing. (gij) dingt dongt
3rd person singular dingt dong
plural dingen dongen
subjunctive sing.1 dinge donge
subjunctive plur.1 dingen dongen
imperative sing. ding
imperative plur.1 dingt
participles dingend gedongen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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dingen

  1. plural of ding

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German dingen, from Old High German dingōn, from Proto-West Germanic *þingōn (to hold a meeting), from Proto-Germanic *þingōną.

Originally a weak verb, which developed secondary strong forms; a process that seems to have begun in the Middle Low German cognate. Compare Dutch dingen (strong).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dingen (weak or class 3 strong, third-person singular present dingt, past tense dingte or (rare) dang, past participle gedungen or gedingt, past subjunctive dänge or dingte, auxiliary haben)

  1. (literary) to hire for a crime
  2. (archaic) to hire (in general)

Usage notes

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  • The most common form is the past participle gedungen, chiefly as an adjective. For example: ein gedungener Mörder (“a hired murderer”).

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • dingen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
  • dingen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • dingen” in Duden online
  • dingen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *thingon, from Proto-West Germanic *þingōn. Equivalent to dinc +‎ -en.

Verb

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dingen

  1. to hold a trial in court
  2. to try, to judge
  3. to plead for
  4. to strive
  5. to speak formally
  6. to chatter, to talk back and forth

Inflection

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Conjugation of dingen (weak)
infinitive base form dingen
genitive dingens
dative dingene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular dinge dinge
2nd person singular dincs, dinges dincs, dinges
3rd person singular dinct, dinget dinge
1st person plural dingen dingen
2nd person plural dinct, dinget dinct, dinget
3rd person plural dingen dingen
imperative
singular dinc, dinge
plural dinct, dinget
present past
participle dingende

Descendants

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  • Dutch: dingen
  • Limburgish: dinge

Further reading

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English *dingan, from Proto-West Germanic *dingwan, from Proto-Germanic *dingwaną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdinɡən/, [ˈdiŋɡən]

Verb

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dingen

  1. To violently hit, strike or attack someone.
  2. To ding; to strike or hit an object.
  3. To attain victory over someone or something.
  4. To run; to travel at a fast speed.

Usage notes

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This verb is occasionally weak in Middle English.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of dingen (strong class 3)
infinitive (to) dingen, dinge
present tense past tense
1st-person singular dinge dong, dang
2nd-person singular dingest dunge1, dange1
3rd-person singular dingeth dong, dang
subjunctive singular dinge dunge2, dange2
imperative singular
plural3 dingen, dinge dungen, dunge, dangen, dange
imperative plural dingeth, dinge
participles dingynge, dingende dungen, dunge

1 Later replaced by the 1st-/3rd-person singular or dongest, dangest.
2 Later replaced by the indicative.
3 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

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References

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